Overview

• BCP Council’s Eastern Planning Committee voted 8–1 to approve a phased scheme to expand and reconfigure the terminal complex.
• The plan merges arrivals and departures into a single terminal through four extensions and upgrades to baggage handling, security and passenger facilities.
• A redesigned transport interchange will add bus bays and taxi lanes, with about £500,000 for a new bus service and £60,000 in staff fare incentives.
• Traffic management includes a camera‑enforced red zone to deter unsafe pick‑ups and drop‑offs, budgeted at roughly £170,000.
• The project is forecast to create around 230 direct jobs and apply energy‑efficient design targeting modest carbon cuts, as councillors also heard rising aircraft‑noise complaints.